Woman preparing cotton for spinning

This woman is part of a group of women who are cleaning, carding and spinning cotton. She appears to be softening the cotton by beating it with a wooden mallet. Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf identified these people as 'Kanara [Kannada]' in his notes, which presumably means that they are K...

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Full title: Woman preparing cotton for spinning [electronic resource].
Format: Photo           
Language: English
Published: [S.l.] : [s.n.], 1940.
Series: SOAS Digital Library.
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